Editing Rosepine, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                          = Rosepine, Louisiana
| official_name                 = Town of Rosepine
| settlement_type               = Town
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| map_caption                   = Location of Rosepine in Vernon Parish, Louisiana.
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| map_caption1                  = Location of Louisiana in the United States
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| subdivision_type              = Country
| subdivision_name              = United States
| subdivision_type1             = State
| subdivision_name1             = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2             = Parish
| subdivision_name2             = [[Vernon Parish, Louisiana|Vernon]]
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| established_title             = Founded
| established_date              = 
| founder                       = 
| named_for                     = 
| government_footnotes          = 
| government_type               = 
| governing_body                = 
| leader_party                  = 
| leader_title                  = Mayor
| leader_name                   = Donna Weeks-Duvall (I)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns: Vernon Parish|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|date=November 6, 2018|accessdate=November 9, 2018}}</ref>
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| unit_pref                     = Imperial
| area_footnotes                = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                = 6.30
| area_total_sq_mi              = 2.43
| area_land_km2                 = 6.28
| area_land_sq_mi               = 2.43
| area_water_km2                = 0.01
| area_water_sq_mi              = 0.01
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| population_as_of              = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes          = 
| population_total              = 1519
| population_density_km2        = 241.69
| population_density_sq_mi      = 625.88
| population_demonym            = 
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| timezone                      = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset                    = -6
| timezone_DST                  = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST                = -5
| elevation_footnotes           = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft                  = 210
| coordinates                   = {{coord|30|55|15|N|93|17|09|W|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code_type              = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                   = 70659<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/70659|title=Rosepine LA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>
| area_code                     = [[Area code 337|337]]
| blank_name                    = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                    = 22-66200
| blank1_name                   = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                   = 2407247<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2407247}}</ref>
| website                       = {{URL|http://townofrosepine.com/}}
| footnotes                     = 
}}

'''Rosepine''' is a [[town]] in [[Vernon Parish, Louisiana|Vernon Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 1,692 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is part of the [[Fort Johnson South, Louisiana|Fort Johnson South]] [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
In 1897 the Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Company (KCS&G), owned by the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (KCP&G) was completed through Rosepine, [[Dequincy, Louisiana|Dequincy]], and on to [[Port Arthur, Texas]]. By 1901 sawmills of Brice Brothers and Craft, Diamond Lumber Company Ltd, Lewis and Williams, and Rosepine Lumber Company were in operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ttarchive.com%2FLibrary%2FLists%2FLA_1901_Lbr-Mills_Lumbermans-Credit-Reference.pdf|publisher=]|access-date=November 21, 2021|date=1901|title=La 1901 Lbr-Mills Lumbermans-Credit-Reference}}</ref> In 1900 the [[Kansas City Southern Railway]] took possession of the KCS&G.

Rosepine was incorporated in 1902, with J.J. Cryer as mayor.<ref>[http://townofrosepine.com/home.html Town of Rosepine]- Retrieved June 8, 2014</ref> and reincorporated in 1950.<ref>[http://townofrosepine.com/images/pastmayor.jpg 2nd incorporation]- Retrieved June 8, 2014</ref> In 1900 the town had 75 residents but grew to more than 1,000 by 1906.<ref name="AndersonSmith2003">{{cite book|author1=David G. Anderson|author2=Steven D. Smith|title=Archaeology, History, and Predictive Modeling: Research at Fort Polk, 1972-2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVmw67Ey7UoC&pg=PA470|date=August 20, 2003|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-1271-8|pages=470–}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 2.2&nbsp;square miles (5.8&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all land.
It is located sixteen miles southwest of [[Leesville, Louisiana|Leesville]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 325
|1930= 214
|1940= 407
|1950= 334
|1960= 414
|1970= 587
|1980= 953
|1990= 1135
|2000= 1390
|2010= 1692
|2020= 1519
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Rosepine racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2266200&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,167
| 76.83%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 123
| 8.1%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 19
| 1.25%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 8
| 0.53%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 2
| 0.13%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 66
| 4.34%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 134
| 8.82%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,519 people, 697 households, and 404 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,390 people, 498 households, and 355 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|622.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 563 housing units at an average density of {{convert|252.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 85.47% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.83% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.08% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.65% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.95% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.02% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.97% of the population.

There were 498 households, out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $30,063, and the median income for a family was $32,778. Males had a median income of $28,988 versus $23,958 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,101. About 15.9% of families and 19.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.3% of those under age 18 and 15.3% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Vernon Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Vernon Parish, Louisiana]]